Professor Stephen Hawking has joined campaigners calling for parliamentary scrutiny of plans to change the way NHS services are run. A group of doctors and academics, including Professor Stephen Hawking,

It's no secret that medical training is brutal. Medical trainees are not only learning, they are often the primary medical workforce for many hospitals. Patients may see their real doctor only rarely, but they see nurses, residents, and medical students.

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What kind of person becomes a full-time abortion provider, traveling across state lines to end unhealthy or unwanted pregnancy despite screaming protesters threatening death and damnation? Whatever image you may have in mind, Dr. Willie Parker probably...

Doctors and pharmaceutical companies make money from it. ThatâEUR(TM)s the only reason chemotherapy is still used. Not because itâEUR(TM)s effective, decreases morbidity, mortality or diminishes any specific cancer rates.

Doctors, nurses, midwives and teachers are now legally required to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary measures and could ultimately lead to them being barred from working.

"Here's your prescription, walk in the forest five times a week for an hour." According to experts, it is not inconceivable that doctors will be giving health advice like this in the not too distant future.